perplex (v.)
- addle
- ail
- amaze
- astonish
- astound
- awe
- babble
- baffle
- balk
- bamboozle
- beat
- becloud
- bedaze
- bedazzle
- befog
- befuddle
- beset
- bewilder
- blast
- boggle
- bother
- brave
- buffalo
- bug
- cap
- challenge
- checkmate
- circumvent
- cloud
- complicate
- concern
- confound
- confront
- confuse
- contravene
- counter
- counteract
- countermand
- cross
- dash
- daze
- dazzle
- defeat
- defy
- destroy
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discommode
- discompose
- disconcert
- discountenance
- dish
- disorganize
- disorient
- disrupt
- distract
- distress
- disturb
- dumbfound
- elude
- embarrass
- embrangle
- ensnarl
- entangle
- flabbergast
- floor
- flummox
- flurry
- fluster
- flutter
- fog
- foil
- frustrate
- fuddle
- fuss
- get
- gibber
- harass
- implicate
- inconvenience
- involve
- irk
- knot
- lick
- maze
- mist
- muck
- muddle
- mystify
- nonplus
- overwhelm
- paralyze
- perturb
- petrify
- plague
- pose
- pother
- privilege
- puzzle
- ramify
- rattle
- ravel
- riddle
- ruffle
- ruin
- sabotage
- scotch
- snarl
- spike
- spoil
- stagger
- startle
- stick
- stonewall
- stumble
- stump
- stun
- stupefy
- stymie
- surprise
- tangle
- throw
- thwart
- tip
- torment
- trouble
- unsettle
- upset
- vex
- worry
But all was false and hollow; though his tongue
Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear
The better reason, to perplex and dash
Maturest counsels.
